Capture of Genoa

The Capture of Genoa occurred in early May 1796 when General Napoleon Bonaparte and an army of 1,285 troops from France's Armee d'Italie peacefully captured the Sardinian city of Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy. The French outnumbered Lucio Grimaldi's 981-strong garrison, mostly consisting of hastily assembled Sardinian militiamen, and Napoleon allowed for the Sardinians to surrender with the honors of war and retreat from the city as the French took it over.